I'm shocked this still hasn't been fixed... Right now the only safe option for all the FC out there is to have the master be the only one with promote/demote privileges. SE this should be a simple fix to make it so you can't promote people above your own rank. There is no excuse for this, especially as now there is a system in place where after 35 days of inactivity, the FC leadership is passed to the next person in line (so an FC is never truly "lost" if someone randomly quits the game).